On Monday, the room where it happens was actually a garden. As part of the Hamilton cast’s visit to the White House – where the breakout stars performed for President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle ...

Maino, Jim Jones, Fabolous and Dave East—are taking aim at 50 Cent on a new freestyle released on Christmas Day. On Thursday ...

The Bad Boys: Ride or Die star seems to have taken a jab at the 60-year-old comedian while appearing on Fire in the Booth. During his performance with DJ Charlie Sloth, Will Smith appeared to address ...

We’re just a few days before the clock takes us into 2026, but Fabolous is making it feel like 2006. The Brooklyn rapper ...

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In the worldwide cultural juggernaut that is hip-hop, it's widely understood that the spontaneous lyrical improvisation of freestyle rap is the genre's purest form of creation. More often than not, ...

Mike Eagle might be in the car or the shower or on stage when it hits him. A thought evolves into a freestyle rap and the rapper, better known as Open Mike Eagle, follows the lyrical trail. Freestyle, ...

This article was taken from the February 2014 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

We first told you about the Detroit-based rap-tech startup Rapt.fm a year ago. Since then, the online platform for freestyle rap battles has amassed a private but growing, loyal community of battlers ...